Christopher Bouzy
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That political party consists of millions of people and is a significant segment of the population, so yes America is broken. There are more Republican-led states than Democratic states, 27 to be exact. It's important not to pretend we came extremely close to a full collapse of our government.
Profit Greenly @ProfitGreenly
Is that America or just one of our political parties. Seems important to be specific.
05:44 AM - Jan 02, 2024
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Caryl D
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
For decades the focus of the Republican Party has been local and state governments building a power base. Republican attention to judge elections has been a weak area for Democrats
06:38 AM - Jan 02, 2024
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Geannie Bastian
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Yes this!

It’s not necessarily that more people prefer Republican led government. All but one (the one following 9/11) Presidential Election of the last 30 years saw a Democrat win the popular vote.

It’s that the Democratic Party fails to focus on State/Local (and off year!) elections.
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06:59 AM - Jan 02, 2024
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Profit Greenly
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In response to Geannie Bastian.
Yes, though in many cases Rs have so gerrymandered local/state elections that Ds have little chance even if they win the majority of votes (see Wisconsin, PA Senate, etc.).
08:52 AM - Jan 02, 2024
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Geannie Bastian
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In response to Profit Greenly.
This is true for districts, but the original discussion was governors, which are state wide.

Also, many state legislatures have districts where they run unopposed. And it’s those states legislatures that make the gerrymandered maps.
09:22 AM - Jan 02, 2024
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Caryl D
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In response to Geannie Bastian.
Agreed
Democrats dropped the ball and let republicans win what was thought to be small-pond elections.
This has always been the GOP’s plan
07:17 AM - Jan 02, 2024 (Edited)
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Geannie Bastian
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In response to Caryl D.
You’ll get no argument from me. Add in Democrats sloppy off year performance AND not understanding how critical census year elections can be, especially state level, and it’s a recipe that reflects a broken system more than anything.
07:28 AM - Jan 02, 2024
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